At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 462
In the late winter month of the tenth year of the great cause, Yang Guang finally returned safely to Luoyang, the eastern capital. However, as the king of a country, he was besieged by hundreds of thousands of Turkic soldiers and horses in Yanmen City for almost two months. and lining.

Originally, the three campaigns against Goguryeo failed, and Yang Guang was already very ashamed, and now he was slapped severely by Shibi Khan. The two emperors of the Sui Dynasty, the national prestige accumulated over the past few decades is running out. The people no longer feared the Son of Heaven, and the neighboring countries began to look down on the Sui Dynasty. As a result, the country became more and more chaotic, and the strong neighbors were ready to move. .

Although Yang Guang is eager for quick success and quick profits, he is self-willed, but he is undoubtedly an ambitious monarch. As a result, the siege of Yanmen obviously hit him hard. After returning to Luoyang, he obviously lost his ambition and became more addicted to pleasure. Anesthetizing himself with wine and beauties, his temperament became more suspicious and moody, and the maids, eunuchs, guards, and even the concubines who were sleeping often suffered.

There are even rumors that the emperor injured the dragon's root when the dragon boat was assassinated, which is already inhumane, or very difficult to be humane, so the slightest carelessness of the concubines who serve the bed will anger the emperor. Everyone is vying to be flopped, but now it has become a hot potato, and the concubines in the harem are afraid of being flopped.

This rumor is not groundless, there is evidence, because since the emperor was assassinated and injured, no concubine in the harem has been able to conceive a dragon species for more than a year.

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"Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu, two trash, haven't wiped out Liu Yuanjin's gang of rebels for more than a year."

At this moment, in Qianyang Palace, Yang Guangzheng was furious, because someone impeached Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu for being passive and slack in fighting, and raising the bandits' self-respect, so it was too late to wipe out Liu Yuanjin and his gang of rebels in the south of the Yangtze River.

In fact, Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu were really wronged. Since they arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, they have worked very hard to encircle and suppress Liu Yuanjin. They gathered again, just like whack-a-mole, knocked on one side, that side popped up again, knocked on the other side, and this side popped up again, the soldiers were exhausted all the time, morale was low, so they had to stop and rest for a while time.

As a result, after this rest, something went wrong immediately. There was a memorial in the censor impeaching him for being passive and slack in fighting, supporting the bandits to be self-respecting, and harboring evil intentions.

Although there are so many rebels in the Sui Dynasty, there are also many people who claim to be kings, such as Mantian King Wang Xuba, Supreme King Lu Mingyue, Yan Wang Geqian, but only Liu Yuanjin dares to call himself the emperor, so Yang Guang pays special attention to this one. Yu Juluo has been suppressed for more than a year, but Liu Yuanjin has not been completely eliminated. In addition, Yu Juluo was born with a different appearance, so Yang Guang was suspicious of him.

In this way, it was over, Yang Guang became furious as soon as he saw Yu Shi's impeachment of Yu Juluo, and smashed a piece of Yu Juluo in public.

At this time, there was no sound in Qianyang Hall, all the ministers kept their voices quiet, and no one came forward to ask and explain to Yu Juluo. There was no way, Yu Juluo was arrogant and had a bad temper. There are no good ministers in the court, so naturally no one will speak for him.

Yang Guang glanced coldly at all the officials in the hall, and said sharply: "There is a censor impeaching Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu for being passive and slack in fighting, raising the bandits' self-respect, what do you think should be done?"

Yu Shiji, the servant of the king of flattery, the servant of internal history, immediately came out of the squad, and said solemnly: "Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu led [-] elite soldiers, and they couldn't even wipe out a small rebel. There is definitely something wrong with it. I think it should be done." Thorough investigation."

Yang Guang nodded and said, "Okay, where is Sizhi Dali?"

Dali Sizhi Liang Jingzhen immediately went out of the shift and said: "The minister is here!"

Yang Guang said in a deep voice: "I ordered you to go to the south of the Yangtze River to dismiss Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu to investigate and deal with it on the spot. Jiangdu County Prime Minister Shichong will take over as Yu Juluo and lead the army to encircle and suppress the traitor Liu Yuanjin."

Liang Jingzhen hurriedly said: "The minister receives the order."

"Where is the servant of the Huangmen?" Yang Guang shouted again.

Pei Ju, the attendant of the Huangmen Gate, hastily stepped out: "The minister is here!"

Yang Guang waved his hand and said, "Pei Aiqing draws up an order immediately."

Huangmen Shilang is equivalent to the emperor's personal adviser and secretary, and Pei Ju's writing is brilliant, and many imperial edicts of Yang Guang came from him.

As a result, Pei Ju immediately drafted the decree, Yang Guang read it, mounted it with a seal, and handed it to Liang Jingzhen, the secretary of Dali, for execution.

In just half an hour, the tragedies of Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu, the two remaining generals of the Sui Dynasty, came to a conclusion. This move undoubtedly destroyed the Great Wall.

After dealing with Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu, Yang Guang picked up another memorial, opened it and looked at it, with a gloomy expression on his face, he nodded and said, "Very well, General Gao Changqing, Ying Yanglang of Zhuojun, really didn't let me disappointment."

Obviously, this memorial was submitted by Gao Bufan. He reported to Yang Guang the process of eliminating the Xi people who had invaded the south, and asked for the repair of the Xikou Great Wall.

"Ying Yanglang of Zhuo County defeated Gao Changqing with more than [-] cavalrymen of the Xi thief, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured more than [-] people. Jin, now the people are ordering the prisoners to be sent to Luoyang to offer them to me, how do you love me think I should reward you?" Yang Guang rarely showed a smile.

It is said that Yang Guang was slapped by Shibi Khan not long ago, and he lost all face, but Gao Bufan killed Xi Ren to the brim, captured two Qijin alive, and shot and killed one Qijin. He regained some face, so Yang Guang's depressed mood at the moment is unavoidably relieved.

Yu Shiji is the best at observing words and deeds, and when he sees the wind, he immediately came out and praised Gao Bufan for being brave and good at fighting, and no amount of rewards can be overstated. Other ministers also agreed after hearing the words. After all, if the emperor is in a bad mood, everyone's life will be better. It's also sad, now it's rare that there is something that makes the emperor happy, so naturally they flatter him hard, praising the emperor for his insight and talent, and in the end it's as if Yang Guang beat a cow with a mountain to kill him.

Yang Guang was very happy and said with a smile: "I will pass on my will, Zhuojun Yingyanglang will play Gao Changqing, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will allocate 10,000 taels to repair Xikouguan City. In addition, I will promote Gao Changqing to be the governor of Yuyang County. Commandery, and continue to serve as the general of Zhuojun Yingyanglang, and in addition, reward five hundred gold, one hundred thousand money, and two hundred pieces of silk."

"The emperor is holy!" All the ministers immediately knelt down and shouted.

Yang Guang raised his hand to signal everyone to be flat. In fact, he doesn't like Gao Bufan. The reason for such a generous reward is firstly to give Yang Qingruo face, and secondly, it is needed to boost morale. What's more, he just dealt with Yu Juluo and vomiting. Wan Xu, in order to show that he was clear about rewards and punishments, naturally he had to reward Gao Bufan generously, and Gao Bufan did give him face.

The court was over, all the ministers left one after another, Qianyang Hall returned to quiet and gloomy, a shadow flashed in silently, knelt down in front of the throne.

Yang Guang asked lightly: "What do you want to report?"

"Yujuluo sent someone to pick up his family members from Luoyang yesterday."

Yang Guang's eyes turned cold and he said: "Could it be that this rebellious minister really wants to rebel, so I'll catch them all."

"Yes!" The man on the ground replied, but still knelt and did not move.

"Anything else?"

"General Ying Yanglang of Zhuo County now has over [-] troops under his command, and he is still recruiting troops."

Yang Guang frowned, and said lightly: "Five thousand soldiers defeated five thousand Xiren cavalry, it's very remarkable, is there any more?"

Yang Guang obviously didn't care too much about this, five thousand soldiers is not too much, and Gao Bufan's memorial has already explained the reason for recruiting soldiers, if Yang Guang himself had to deal with five thousand Xiren cavalry, he would not be able to recruit [-] to [-] cavalry Excuse me, so Yang Guang doesn't take it seriously, he still has this kind of heart.

The man on the ground said again: "Now the Yingyang Mansion in Zhuo County is very popular among the local people, the people are rushing to join, and General Gao Lang is also supported by the local gentry, and the seven surnames of Youyan have donated money and horses. Yan Qi’s surname and Qinghe’s Cui family donated tens of thousands of taels of silver to repair the Xikou Great Wall.”

Yang Guang said expressionlessly, "Is there any more?"

"The Lu family of Fanyang donated [-] horses to Yingyang Mansion, and the other six surnames also donated nearly [-] horses. Now Yingyang Mansion in Zhuo County owns [-] Qingqi."

Yang Guang's face slowly turned cold: "Is there any more?"

"Qinghe Cui's chief steward has a good relationship with General Gao Lang, and Qinghe Cui has an iron mine in Anle County."

"Is there any more?" Yang Guang seemed a little impatient.

"It is rumored that Gao Lang will kill a black dragon, and he will be reincarnated as General Xing!"

The crow's feet at the corners of Yang Guang's eyes slowly wrinkled together, and an intriguing smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Interesting, I also want to see that black dragon, do you have anything else to report?"

"General Duan's encirclement and suppression of Wang Xuba is not going well!"

"Yang Xuangan's former mastermind, Li Mi, showed up in Wagang, and he offered two thousand horses to Zhai Rang, the leader of the rebels."

Yang Guang's expression darkened: "Where did the horse come from?"

"Li Mi took advantage of Qinghe Cui's handing over his horses to Dongdu, and tricked him into taking away nearly half of the horses."

Yang Guang was stunned and said, "How to lie to him?"

"Li Mi sent someone to pretend to be Yu Wenhuaji, Shaoqing of Taipusi, and tricked the horse away on the way."

"Extremely stupid, let Qinghe Cui make up for the lost horse." Yang Guang said coldly: "Is there any more?"

"No more!" The man on the ground shook his head.

"Get back!" Yang Guang waved his hand, and the man stepped back.

Yang Guang looked at the beams of the main hall thoughtfully, and after a long time, he spread out a piece of rice paper and wrote an imperial decree, appointing Huben Zhonglang General and Liucheng Governor Luo Yi as the general guard of Beiping County to control Liucheng County.

Beiping County is located in the east of Yuyang County, guarding the two major passes of Lulongsai and Linyu Pass (Shanhai Pass), both of which are passes leading to the Liaodong Plain, of which Linyu Pass is particularly important.

Obviously, after hearing the man's report, Yang Guang couldn't help feeling suspicious of Gao Bufan, so he arranged Luo Yi to Beiping County, which borders Yuyang County, and the meaning of containment was already very obvious.

(End of this chapter)